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BlackRock-backed Decarbonization Partners raises $1.4 billion for first fund

Climate-focused investor Decarbonization Partners, a tie-up between BlackRock and Singaporean state investment firm Temasek, said on Thursday it had raised a higher-

BlackRock-backed Decarbonization Partners raises $1.4 billion for first fund
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Morning Bid: Meta plunges, mega mining merger revealed

(Removes extraneous letter in first paragraph) A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Megacap Meta revived Big Tech jitters on Wall St overnight as its pumped-up stock

Morning Bid: Meta plunges, mega mining merger revealed
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Southwest Airlines counts the cost of Boeing's delivery delays

Southwest Airlines is reeling from Boeing's ongoing safety crisis.

Southwest Airlines counts the cost of Boeing's delivery delays
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Nasdaq's revenue beats on strong demand for fintech products

Nasdaq beat estimates for first-quarter revenue on Thursday, driven by strong demand for its financial technology products used by traders and investors to

Nasdaq's revenue beats on strong demand for fintech products
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Comcast's broadband customer losses eclipse upbeat streaming performance

Comcast said broadband losses would continue after it shed more customers than expected in the first quarter, overshadowing the upbeat performance of its streaming

Comcast's broadband customer losses eclipse upbeat streaming performance
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DR Congo presses Apple over minerals supply chain, lawyers say

Democratic Republic of Congo is pushing Apple Inc for more information about its supply chain over concerns it may be tainted with conflict minerals sourced from the country,

DR Congo presses Apple over minerals supply chain, lawyers say
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IBM falls as enterprise-spending constraints choke consulting demand

Shares of International Business Machines fell more than 8% in premarket trading on Thursday, as its consulting business faces pressure from enterprises tightening their budgets to cope

IBM falls as enterprise-spending constraints choke consulting demand
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Amazon to invest $11 billion in Indiana to build data centers

Amazon.com's cloud-computing arm said it would invest $11 billion in Indiana to build data centers, marking the state's largest capital investment, and promising at least 1,000 jobs.

Amazon to invest $11 billion in Indiana to build data centers
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Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems

TikTok is hardly a model social media platform, but it’s also far from an outlier when it comes to threats to Americans.

Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems
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IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

Tau neutrinos are notoriously difficult to spot in detectors like IceCube. But researchers have managed to isolate 7 candidates.

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects
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Spotify says Apple has rejected its app update with price information for EU users

Apple has rejected Spotify's new version of its iOS app with in-app pricing information for users in the European Union, the audio streaming firm said on Thursday.

Spotify says Apple has rejected its app update with price information for EU users
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The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

It’s not easy to collect rocks on a budget when the rocks are 140 million miles away.

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup
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Analysis-New ASML boss Fouquet must navigate US/China chip war

ASML's new boss Christophe Fouquet faces a tricky balancing act in helping to steer Europe's biggest tech company through the US/China "chip war", while

Analysis-New ASML boss Fouquet must navigate US/China chip war
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Amazon cloud computing unit plans to invest $11 billion to build data center in northern Indiana

Amazon’s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services plans to invest $11 billion to build a data center in northern Indiana that will create at least 1,000 new jobs

Amazon cloud computing unit plans to invest $11 billion to build data center in northern Indiana
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Congo questions Apple over knowledge of conflict minerals in its supply chain

Congo’s government is questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals” from a conflict zone in the African country that could be smuggled into supply chains

Congo questions Apple over knowledge of conflict minerals in its supply chain
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Huawei-led Chinese firms aim to make advanced memory chips by 2026, The Information reports

A group of Chinese chip companies led by Huawei Technologies and backed by the country's government aims to produce high-bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors, a key component in AI chips

Huawei-led Chinese firms aim to make advanced memory chips by 2026, The Information reports
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Cboe to merge digital assets business with derivatives and clearing arm

Exchange operator Cboe Global Markets said on Thursday it will integrate its digital asset derivatives, currently offered by Cboe Digital, into its existing Global Derivatives and Clearing

Cboe to merge digital assets business with derivatives and clearing arm
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FTC sends $5.6 million in refunds to Ring customers as part of video privacy settlement

The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged with failing to protect private video footage from outside access

FTC sends $5.6 million in refunds to Ring customers as part of video privacy settlement
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T-Mobile to invest $950 million in venture with EQT to buy fiber optic network provider Lumos

Wireless carrier T-Mobile US expects to invest about $950 million for a 50% stake in a joint venture with Swedish investment firm EQT's fund that will buy fiber optic network provider

T-Mobile to invest $950 million in venture with EQT to buy fiber optic network provider Lumos
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Toyota to invest $1.4 billion in its Indiana plant, adding 340 new jobs

Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it would invest $1.4 billion in its Princeton facility in Indiana to prepare for assembly of a three-row battery electric SUV.

Toyota to invest $1.4 billion in its Indiana plant, adding 340 new jobs
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Microsoft-backed Rubrik's stock jumps 21% in NYSE debut

Rubrik's shares climbed nearly 21% in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, giving the Microsoft-backed cybersecurity firm a valuation of $6.77 billion.

Microsoft-backed Rubrik's stock jumps 21% in NYSE debut
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Agency bars Chinese telecom carriers from offering US broadband services

The Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday it is ordering the U.S. units of China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile to discontinue fixed or

Agency bars Chinese telecom carriers from offering US broadband services
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The TikTok law kicks off a new showdown between Beijing and Washington. What's coming next?

TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a U.S. law that would force the social media platform to break ties with its China-based parent company or face a ban

The TikTok law kicks off a new showdown between Beijing and Washington. What's coming next?
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Reddit back up after brief outage affected thousands globally

Reddit said on Thursday it has fixed an issue that had left tens of thousands of users across the globe without access to the social media platform for more than half an hour.

Reddit back up after brief outage affected thousands globally
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Record $8.8 billion pulled from US sustainable funds in Q1

European and American investors showed converse interest in sustainable funds during the first quarter, research firm Morningstar said on Thursday, with a record $8.8

Record $8.8 billion pulled from US sustainable funds in Q1

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